The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-26

, rng. and spun round and round
what good would that do?" she asked
and began TO sob again and wisl
"Richard would come home"
Lalage-Jane stood for a moment
and then went quietly away She sat
down. on the steps and pinched heI
fingers hard TO keep The tears from
coming.
I'll get some money for mother
somehow" she thought, Fan then !
reckon I'd better 90 an hunt for father.
Uncle Richards in Cuba. I reckon
fathers there. toO-an' mos anyrne
would show me tn WAY there"
I FOr long time she sat and thought
Presently she jumped up with laugh.
Jimmie was, as usual, beStowing his at
temtion upon his enemies, 1.-The stingy
geese" All his spare time was spent
in fleeing from or pursuing them.
Jimmie Lalage-Jane said, pcrsua-
~irrly. don't YOU want tn help me cut
wood la sell to the boats. like father
did last spring.
"A'right.' Jimmie said. placidly.
':if veil gimme the hatchcl | can
! hairho' real good.
A, Poor Lail@c-Janc, At last. however.
this difficulty was tidcd over. and Jim
: M wa~ ia, fed with the carvin@-knifr.
'Hrrp'iti"u ..sd. T., next
. thing w..~ - escape r.. wy's vigil
uncc. This done. Lala"c-Jasc walked
! !hr"r~h "a" wood which skirtcd the
! cleaned '.uI arI examined the trees
with the crit. ";r 90 81 w"nd>man.
The Lycchcz "a ma-nn!i::- are a lit
'lr big" he sid. "ravely; wen cut
some pine
They chose Young Saplin@. and ON
rome side Lala"c-Jame chopped AMI on
the other Jimmie gravely sawed hi
/ knife To and fro.
''Drcif'ul Tough hc said. at last
Now yn' lem me- halch"t some" -.
Lalage-Janc looked at the pile of dim
inulivc chips around her and sighed:
Then lets try bay-ball." she said.
The wild cucumber trees were easy
to cut. and soon they hail little pile of
Io%S-ahout two feet long and an inch
in diameter! A, last Jimmie announced
that ne WAS tired and WIS going home
"CHlcSs yo' tell me story out q
The ArNiam Nights"
Ills ohcdicnt slave chopped and mar
O. ted. 5;.ough she was tired. too. until
, .Hs..-." interrupted her with a shout:
Here we are. Jared, This way,
Are yo' coming Ia play with u~?'' 4
a tall. athlc. = ~ was apprfachin"
them through the nn.'"~~rnwtl. HI
color and-hi~ fled teeth t"ld shat n
WAS an A>hantC-. and his fsce was curl
Dusty ra',oord. On each temple. in
direct Inc with his eyebrows, were two
small l.uc arrows. e Oh ghlt the royal
blood ,f !i, tribe flowed through his
veins. Ihr children often wondered 10
each other what ;h"~e curious scar,
were. nut never h. him, for once jim
mic h., asked him about them. and in
his anger he had almost struck the
child. /: was the first and only time
they ever saw HIM angry. The strong
est passion in this mans breast was a
desire not To speak of the If lc hail
been taken from when a boy of ten.
"Yo'S wanted { de house. missy"
he said. Then he shook his head
gravely. Young ladies hadn't
ought'er chop wood. If yo' want a
dawlhouSe-"
A dollhouse! Lalage-Jane's eyes
widened with protest.
'''Tisn't that at ali. Jared. It's
wood. Wood 20 sell 10 tn boats. and
tn moneys for mother"
He did not laugh. Years afterward
Lalage-Jane remembered that CRATE
fully. He pulled her castle down. but
ne did 1t with gentle touch which
helped her /, bear the bitter disap-
poiuincnL
The strange gentleman hd come
t@ain one day. and vs. "a leaving
when Lalae"-Jape heard him r..5
''i'hr-e Is no compromise possible.
rnr judgment covers nearly all Wei
aa,c u let the l-w take it course.
Nnen he waS gone. even NANNY
erica. aad Ms. Gt.D-Jn began be. old
'amca,atioH. IL P:caa-. u,...i OIL;
-urn home
b.; -" enc h.a ever heard ir..u nina
Ito l4ai,- were - -:re'1aiH anal liz
.hoSr a.g~ there wgrc no ;e.y-r.lm>
Tae nra day Il boat s-opacd a; the
i4a-..-or i.ndr~ ard l.aia@e-Janr saw
ii",l:'. .'.er tai-c I through the ,
n